Hi all, new to the site as a member, but have been lurking off and on for awhile. Finally decided to join and officially begin my backyard adventure.
This thread has been a literal obsession for me over the past 4 days, visiting it as often as possible for coop & run ideas. I am pleased as punch to finally post some pics of my own!
First we roped off the designated coop/run area. We can't free range the chickens unsupervised, so they need a substantial area to scratch and play and stretch their wings... hopefully this will do the trick.
We've had to modify the are a little bit so we can utilize a sidewalk that goes almost all the way around the run to help critter proof the girls.
For the coop we drilled an old upsidedown dining room table top onto the legs of a discarded pinic table for the floor and foundation.
We knew it was going to get heavy, so we moved it into it's place in the run area and framed it out there.
We used 2/3 of an old front door, so there was a built in window for light at least, if not for ventilation. There will be other windows that open and a ventilation space at the top since we're going to angle the roof for rain run-off. The rest of the framing is an old bunk bed frame we had in the shed.
There's still a lot to do, but I'll update as it progresses. THANKS to every person who posted their pics in this thread, it has been more appreciated than you know
Now to find us some chickens to appreciate all our hard work!
ETA: The run dimensions are going to be approximately 13' L x 8' W x 6-ish' H and the coop approx. 4' W x 3' W x 3 1/2' H. And we are hoping to get 5 chickens.
This thread has been a literal obsession for me over the past 4 days, visiting it as often as possible for coop & run ideas. I am pleased as punch to finally post some pics of my own!
First we roped off the designated coop/run area. We can't free range the chickens unsupervised, so they need a substantial area to scratch and play and stretch their wings... hopefully this will do the trick.
We've had to modify the are a little bit so we can utilize a sidewalk that goes almost all the way around the run to help critter proof the girls.
For the coop we drilled an old upsidedown dining room table top onto the legs of a discarded pinic table for the floor and foundation.
We knew it was going to get heavy, so we moved it into it's place in the run area and framed it out there.
We used 2/3 of an old front door, so there was a built in window for light at least, if not for ventilation. There will be other windows that open and a ventilation space at the top since we're going to angle the roof for rain run-off. The rest of the framing is an old bunk bed frame we had in the shed.
There's still a lot to do, but I'll update as it progresses. THANKS to every person who posted their pics in this thread, it has been more appreciated than you know
Now to find us some chickens to appreciate all our hard work!
ETA: The run dimensions are going to be approximately 13' L x 8' W x 6-ish' H and the coop approx. 4' W x 3' W x 3 1/2' H. And we are hoping to get 5 chickens.
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